Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web.
Search Engine Roundtable Stories:
- Search Buzz Video Recap: Search Engine Land Dropped In Google, Zero Search Results, Thanksgiving Update & More
This week in search I covered how this morning Google's removed Search Engine Land from their index this morning by accident. Google started showing zero search results again and it looks like it will stick. Google may have done a big algorithm update on Thanksgiving day... - PSA: Not All Sites Were Moved Yet To Google Mobile First Indexing
I keep getting asked if Google is now done migrating sites to the mobile first indexing process. The answer is no, there are many sites, including this one, that has not been migrated yet. Google said many times it can take years and years for it to happen. - Bing Search Spam Fighter: Interesting Reality Check From SEOs
Frédéric Dubut is a Bing spam fighter, he works on search quality and safety at Bing - we quoted him here a few times. He attended the TechSEO Boost search conference yesterday and posted on Twitter "I always find it fascinating to hear the "reality check" from SEO folks." - Google Posts Large AMP Indexing FAQs For SEOs & Webmasters
Dong-Hwi Lee, a Googler, posted in the Google Webmaster Help forums a large FAQs around indexing questions related to AMP. This is a very comprehensive FAQ around the topic and I thought it would be useful to bring more attention to this document to the community. - Why Search Engine Land Is Not Currently Indexed In Google
I woke up this morning to probably close to a hundred messages across email, social media and other channels that Search Engine Land is not currently in the Google Index. People want to know why. I honestly do not know why. I do not have access to the code base or Google Search Console access. - UK Search Awards: Kevin Gibbons UK Search Personality & Dixon Jones Lifetime Achievement
The UK Search Awards were last night and many people were honored last night but the two big awards were given to absolutely special people. Kevin Gibbons won the UK Search Personality award and Dixo
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- Are scrapers a fact of life?, WebmasterWorld
- I can't imagine domain name registration length having anything to do with trademark either.… https://t.co/1N0wU7520u, John Mueller on Twitter
- No, I don't think that would make sense. Where would that be useful for you?…, John Mueller on Twitter
- There's no need to implement hreflang twice -- if you already have it on the pages, that's fine. Any of the valid locations work.… https://t.co/yyeUOTrm3j, John Mueller on Twitter
- YouTube Rolls Out Stories to Eligible Creators, WebmasterWorld
Search Engine Land Stories:
- The importance of understanding intent for SEO
- How to prepare for a JS migration
- Search Engine Land was mistakenly removed from the Google Index
- Cyber Monday dominated Black Friday in paid search spend, but AOV lagged
Other Great Search Stories:
Analytics
- How to Create Custom Alerts in Google Analytics (Beginner's Guide), Monster Insights
- Using data to decide on actions for your online presence, Giant Campus
- Using Google Data Studio with Crashlytics data, The Firebase Blog
Industry & Business
- AMP Project’s new governance model now in effect, Accelerated Mobile Pages Project
- Who Should Win as the U.S. Search Personality of Personalities? [POLL], Search Engine Journal
Links & Promotion Building
- How Do I Create a Link Building Campaign?, Business 2 Community
Local & Maps
- 6 Local SEO Predictions for 2019 and Beyond, Business 2 Community
Mobile & Voice
- Google Assistant to be available for Family Link children's accounts on Chrome OS, 9to5Google
- Google rolls out new media and messaging features to Android Auto, Android Police
- Mindshare Canada Study Finds Voice Search in Canada Has More Questions Than Answers, CNW
SEO
- Local Search Ranking Factors 2018: Local Today, Key Takeaways, and the Future, Moz
- Marketers Still Confused About SEO, MediaPost
PPC
- Announcing v0_6 of the Google Ads API, Google Ads Developer Blog
Search Features
- When the Internet Archive Forgets, Gizmodo
